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Conservatives urge Holden to oppose reform bill; Holden says he's ...
- — About 30 Schuylkill County conservatives came to U.S. Rep. Tim Holden's Pottsville office Wednesday night with a simple message about the health care reform debate. — “Vote ‘no’ again,” Bruce Johnson … |
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Ruling Kills an Option for Moving Health Bill
- — The Senate Parliamentarian has ruled that President Barack Obama must sign Congress' original health care reform bill before the Senate can act on a companion reconciliation package, senior GOP sources said Thursday. |
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How Andrew Breitbart Hacks the Media
- — Andrew Breitbart has been waiting 45 minutes for a filet mignon. He drums his fingers on the table in this plush Italian restaurant off Times Square, a place where the media types he regularly trashes used to flaunt their expense accounts — back when they still had them. |
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Reid, In Letter To McConnell, Outlines The Path Forward On Health Reform
- — Washington, D.C. - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sent a letter to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell explaining the path forward on health insurance reform. In the letter, Senator Reid details the steps … |
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Re: 'In preparing thousands of pages for submission, it was ...
- for submission, it was unfortunately and inadvertently missed.' — By: Andy McCarthy — K-Lo, I think this crusade against the attorney general that you and Bill and Dana are on is just shameful, and if I were a GOP Beltway Barrister … |
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BRIC Wall - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton returned empty-handed from Brazil.
- — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton returned empty-handed from Brazil. Neither Foreign Minister Celso Amorim or President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva were responsive to her arguments for supporting stronger sanctions against Iran. — This shouldn't have been a surprise. |
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Rethink alcohol ban in war zones, Webb says
- — Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., a Vietnam veteran and former war correspondent who now chairs the Senate panel that oversees military personnel policy, seemed to endorse the idea of letting troops in war zones drink alcohol as a way to relieve combat stress. |
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What Biden told Netanyahu behind closed doors: "This is starting ...
- — Publicly, Vice President Joe Biden tried to keep up a positive tone in his good will visit to Israel this week. But privately, the Israeli press reports, he had sharper words for Israeli decisions Biden … |
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House GOP weighs call for probe into Pelosi and Hoyer handling of Massa scandal
- — House Republicans are considering whether to ask Thursday for the Ethics Committee to investigate House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer for their handling of information about misbehavior … |
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Romney up in Colorado, Florida
- — Mitt Romney is the early favorite for the 2012 Republican Presidential nomination among the party's voters in Colorado and Florida. Romney also led recent polls in New Mexico and Texas, and was second behind Mike Huckabee in both Georgia and North Carolina. |
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Goodman says city should fire all workers
- — Lack of concessions by unions riles mayor — If Las Vegas can't get the desired wage concessions out of its employee unions, the city should simply fire everyone and offer to rehire them to work a shorter workweek, Mayor Oscar Goodman said Wednesday. |
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Police act swiftly after gun purchases
- — ODOT worker who'd been put on leave is mentally evaluated after buying handguns, AK-47 — Concerns about an Oregon Department of Transportation employee who purchased several guns after being placed on leave prompted law enforcement across Southern Oregon to step in. |
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Holder Failed To Alert Senate To Old Brief
- — During his confirmation more than a year ago, Attorney General Eric Holder failed to notify lawmakers he had contributed to a legal brief dealing with the use of federal courts in fighting terrorism, the Justice Department acknowledged on Wednesday. |
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Sprawling Misconceptions - James Howard Kunstler ...
- — James Howard Kunstler doesn't think highly of libertarian newsman John Stossel. Assuming this is what Kunstler is talking about (see No. 2), you can't blame him. Stossel defends suburban sprawl and accuses its opponents — like Kunstler … |
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GOP Ups Ante on Earmarks
- — A day after House Democrats announced a ban on earmarks for private companies, their Republican counterparts hope to dramatically up the ante with a unilateral prohibition on all targeted spending projects. — If approved, the Republican policy would restrict GOP lawmakers … |
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If Muslims Gay-Bash In San Francisco, Do They Make a Sound?
- — A week ago, news began to break in San Francisco about a targeted gay-bashing crime that allegedly occurred on February 26. … Clearly, of course, this had to be a Christian right-wing, tea party, anti-government, bigoted homophobe from the South. |
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Chefs Call Proposed New York Salt Ban 'Absurd'
- — MYFOXNY.COM - Some New York City chefs and restaurant owners are taking aim at a bill introduced in the New York Legislature that, if passed, would ban the use of salt in restaurant cooking. — “No owner or operator of a restaurant … |
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Senate GOP Plans to Object to Any Abortion Language in Health Care Reconciliation
- — Determined to block President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, Senate Republican leaders signaled Tuesday that they plan to object to any abortion language included in a proposed reconciliation package … |
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Distribute this video: - Madam Speaker's take on Congressman Massa: "Poor Baby!"
- — Madam Speaker's take on Congressman Massa: “Poor Baby!” A remarkable comment, indeed. Eric Massa represented New York's 29th district: he was a thoughtful, honest and critical Congressman who wasn't glued to his seat. I didn't share all of his views and wish … |
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Democrats Prepare "Slaughter Solution" ...
- — Follow @GOPLeader on Twitter for updates. — The twisted scheme by which Democratic leaders plan to bend the rules to ram President Obama's massive health care legislation through Congress … |
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Times-Union poll confirms Rubio with huge GOP senate lead
- — Crist trailing in all categories except voters from 18 to 29 years old — Former House Speaker Marco Rubio's stunning early lead in Florida's Republican U.S. Senate race was confirmed today by an Insider Advantage/Florida Times-Union poll … |
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Gov. Paterson's Plunge Bottoms Out, ... Quinnipiac University
- , Quinnipiac University New York State Poll Finds; 50 Percent Of Voters Want Governor To Finish Term — New York State Gov. David Paterson's plunge in approval rating has bottomed out as voters disapprove 61 - 21 percent of the job he is doing … |
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Alan Grayson Proposes A REAL Health Care Reform Bill
- — This evening Alan Grayson, Orlando's spectacular and effective fighter for ordinary working families in a Congress that overwhelmingly caters to wealthy and powerful special interests, introduced the most real and straight forward healthcare reform bill that's come up so far. |
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Colleen LaRose: YouTube's homegrown terrorist
- — Wow - so there has been a lot going on today. Please forgive the — rambling nature of this post - I am really trying to process all I am learning. — News came this afternoon of the arrest of Colleen LaRose. |
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I turned in Colleen "Jihad Jane" LaRose to the FBI - A Jawa Report Exclusive
- — ***Exclusive***Sticky*** — Here is The Jawa Report's exclusive report* from the person who notified the FBI about Colleen “Jihad Jane” La Rose's online activities in support of terrorism. |
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